Improvement in paper-piles



' inited N gieten aient (titille.

Letters Patent No. 91,268, dated Jui 15, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-FILES.

The Schedule referred to in theseLetters Patent and making part of the same.

Tall whom 'it may concern:

' Be it known that I, A. S. RICHARDS, ot' the county of Montgomery, in tbeState of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Files, or binders; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description. thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Fi'gure 1 represents a planview of the binder, with the fastening upon the outside ot' the binding-strip.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same. Figure-3 represents a modification, in which the fastening-devices are placed within a recess upon the under side of the binding-strip, and

Figure 4 is an edgeV view. ot' the same. Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the iigures.

The object of my invention is to furnish a binder for letters, papers, magazines, 85e., which shall hold said articles firmly, and automatically, whether the number of sheets contained therein shall be few or many; and, to this end,

It consists in the construction and arrangement of the devices t'or securing together the binding-strips, and the application thereto of rubber, as will be fully described hereinafter.

In thc-annexed drawing- A and A represent two strips of wood, corresponding, in length, to the papers to be held, and so proportioned in thickness and width as to secure the necessary strength.

Near the end ot' each strip is a hole, corresponding with one in the opposite strip, through which passes a cord, B.

One end of the cord B is provided with a knot, to prevent its being drawn through the holes, while .upon the opposite end is secured a short, tlat needle, b, which is provided with an eye near its point, for the reception of a hook, o.

The hook c has a broad eye, or shank,'thronghwhich passes a rubber band, d, having, upon'its opposite end, a similar hook, c.

As thus construct-ed, the binder is ready for use, and is applied as follows:

The strip A being placed in position upon the paper the needles b b are passed through the holes a a, and through the paper, so as to make an opening for the 4passage of the cord. The needles are then withdrawn,

I'and from the opposite side are passed through the openings'thus made in the paper, and through the binder A, and are then connected together by means of the hooks c c and rubber band d.

When thus applied, the action of the rubber band produces a suiicient degree of' tension ot' the cord to hold the binding-strips firmly together, and securely bind the `papers, regardless of the number of sheets contained therein.

As shown in figs. 3 and 4, the same devices are employed for holding together the binding-strips, but,

in order to avoid all liability to derangement, and also to enable both sides ofthe binder to present a smooth appearance, the inner side of the strip A is grooved, or recessed, so vas to contain the cords, band, Sto., said cords being drawn over pins n: x, passing laterally through the centre ofthe strip, in a line with the surface ot' the paper.

A small loop, f, is secured to the band d, and serves to draw said band from beneath the strip, so as to permit of the disengagement ot' the hooks.

4It will be observed that the cords pass through the binding-strips and paper at a right angle thereto, which position is maintained, however great the strain upon said cord, so that no possibility exists ot' injury to said paper, and alsofthat as the binding-strips are spread apart, the pressure upon them is proportionately increased by the elongation of the rubber band, which is a great advantage, as it is evident that the pressure required to hold in place said sheets of papel' must necessarily be in proportion to their number. These qualities, in connection with the simplicity ot' its parts, the ease with which it can be applied, and the small cost at,which it can be thrnished,.will, it is believed, give this binder a very extensivev sale.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

',lhe within-described paper-tile and binder, consisting of the binding strips A A', cords-BB, needles b b, hooks c c, and rubber band tl, constructed and arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose shown.

Also,.the application of the rubber band d to the cords B B, substantially as shown, and tbr the purpo'se specified.

Also, the needles b b, constructed, as described, with an additional eye, in combination with the hooks o c and rubber band d or its equivalent, substantially as and for the purpose shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto setniyhand, this day of May, 1869.

A. S. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

EDM. F. BROWN, GEO. S. PRINDLE. 

